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Photo via AP Ohio State’s Eli Apple is one of the top cornerbacks available in this week’s NFL draft. But he’s not, in fact, the most impressive talent to emerge from his own family. That honor is reserved for his mom, Annie Apple, who is a LeBron James-, Andrew Luck-type superstar-in-the-making at the all-important position of Sports Mom. There are many different qualities one looks for in a Sports Mom….

Everyone else at ESPN is the problem, not Curt Schilling. That was the controversial former pitcher and broadcaster’s take on Thursday. He isn’t racist or homophobic or transphobic, but others at the network are. “Some of the most racist things I’ve ever heard have come out of people that are on the air at ESPN,” Schilling said, according to Newsday. “They’re some of the biggest racists in sports commentating. “You…

Prince Harry has joined a star-studded ceremony to mark achievements in the Sports Industry at Battersea Evolution. The 31-year-old Royal brought six former and current Invictus Games competitors to the glittering event at Battersea Evolution. Looking dapper in his tuxedo, he grinned broadly as he hugged each of them before posing for pictures with JJ Chalmers, Paul Vice, Stuart Robinson, Luke Darlington, Michaela Richards and Sam Stocks. The UK team…

Skip Bayless is jumping ship from ESPN and will land at Fox Sports. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Paley Center for Media) ESPN announced earlier this week that hot-take enthusiast Skip Bayless would be leaving the network when his contract is up in August, with Deadspin’s Kevin Draper and Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch both reporting that Bayless would be heading for Fox Sports. It’s not yet known what Bayless’s role will…

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Curt Schilling was fired by ESPN last week more or less because he couldn’t keep his mouth shut. So he sure as heck isn’t going to do so now that he no longer works for the network. “Some of the most racist things I’ve ever heard have come out of people that are on the air at ESPN,” Schilling said on SiriusXM radio’s “Breitbart News Patriot Forum” recorded Wednesday and broadcast…

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Two female sportswriters, Julie DiCaro and Sarah Spain, took part in an on-line video in which a group of men read some of the tweets the women have received in reaction to their work. OTL examines the impact women sports journalists continue to endure. NEXT VIDEO OTL discussion: Dealing with online trolls Sarah Spain, Julie DiCaro and Jemele Hill talk about their experiences dealing with online bullying from “trolls.” Reaction…

It’s a zero-sum game for bricks-and-mortar sporting goods retailers, so the demise of Sport Chalet and now Sports Authority could be a win for the few traditional players that still remain. This month, Sport Chalet, a 57-year-old chain based in La Cañada Flintridge, said it was closing all 47 of its stores after years of financial troubles. And this week Sports Authority, which filed for bankruptcy protection in March, said…

RETAIL: Sports Authority throws in the towel Share Pin It More Galleries When struggling retailer Sports Authority filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month in the face of more than $1 billion in debt, the company indicated that it had two options going forward. One of those was to shed underperforming stores and emerge from bankruptcy as an intact, but pared-down company. The other was to sell everything and…

Craig Sager, former Fort Myers sportscaster, makes the cover of the May 2, 2016 issue of Sports Illustrated.(Photo: Sports Illustrated) Craig Sager, working in Detroit over the weekend, encountered some fans who handed him a copy of The News-Press from Sunday, April 10. “They gave it to me,” Sager said of the newspaper, in which he appeared on the front page. “It was nice.” The News-Press isn’t the only publication…

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Curt Schilling claims that “some of the biggest racists in sports commentating” work at ESPN. The former pitcher, who was fired as a baseball analyst by the network after posting an anti-transgender meme on Facebook, made the comments Thursday morning before the “Breitbart News Patriot Forum.” “Some of the most racist things that I’ve ever heard come out of people that are on the air at…

It’s a zero-sum game for bricks-and-mortar sporting goods retailers, so the demise of Sport Chalet and now Sports Authority could be a win for the few traditional players that still remain. This month, Sport Chalet, a 57-year-old chain based in La Cañada Flintridge, said it was closing all 47 of its stores after years of financial troubles. And this week Sports Authority, which filed for bankruptcy protection in March, said…

In an attempt to gin up support in basketball-mad Indiana on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz tried to compare his candidacy to the underdogs in the movie “Hoosiers.” It was a strained comparison. But by somehow referring to the hoop as a “basketball ring,” Cruz instead showed that he perhaps has never actually seen “Hoosiers,” or a basketball game or maybe even a basketball. [Ted Cruz invokes “Hoosiers,” fails…

Two female sportswriters, Julie DiCaro and Sarah Spain, took part in an on-line video in which a group of men read some of the tweets the women have received in reaction to their work. OTL examines the impact women sports journalists continue to endure. NEXT VIDEO OTL discussion: Dealing with online trolls Sarah Spain, Julie DiCaro and Jemele Hill talk about their experiences dealing with online bullying from “trolls.” Reaction…

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Curt Schilling claims that “some of the biggest racists in sports commentating” work at ESPN. The former pitcher, who was fired as a baseball analyst by the network after posting an anti-transgender meme on Facebook, made the comments Thursday morning before the “Breitbart News Patriot Forum.” “Some of the most racist things that I’ve ever heard come out of people that are on the air at…

Clint Dempsey shuffles toward the sideline at Starfire Sports Complex, another training session in the books. Before the Seattle Sounders’ Designated Player heads back to the locker room, he pulls off the harness wrapped around his chest and drops it off with the training staff. If you didn’t know better, you might think Dempsey was training in a bra. But the harnesses aren’t for support, and they certainly aren’t bras….

Sports Authority reportedly has given up on reorganizing under bankruptcy protection and continuing its business, deciding instead to liquidate its assets. The sporting goods chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March with plans to close 140 of its 463 stores and to reorganize its remaining business after reaching agreement with its creditors. See the most-read stories this hour >> But a lawyer for Sports Authority, Robert Klyman, told a…

Just Not Sports, a podcast founded by three guys who talk to athletes about their lives outside athletics, approached Julie DiCaro, update anchor for 670 The Score and columnist for CBSChicago.com, with an idea: They’d find a group of real guys (not actors), give them some of the nastiest tweets DiCaro had received, and let the guys read them aloud to DiCaro’s face. “They wanted to do something they thought would actually…

In an attempt to gin up support in basketball-mad Indiana on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz tried to compare his candidacy to the underdogs in the movie “Hoosiers.” It was a strained comparison. But by somehow referring to the hoop as a “basketball ring,” Cruz instead showed that he perhaps has never actually seen “Hoosiers,” or a basketball game or maybe even a basketball. [Ted Cruz invokes “Hoosiers,” fails…